The Question of Ideology in Light of Perspectival Knowledge

The Truths of Marx and Nietzsche

Bibliographic Data

ID2370472
AuthorsChristine A Payne (San Diego State University, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume45
Issue2
Pages199-212
Publication date2019-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0896920516688758
OpenAlexW2586333160
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited19

This article reflects on the political sensibilities of Marx and Nietzsche in light of their approaches to truth and illusion. Marx and Nietzsche are read in relation to one another in order to highlight a partial overlap between Nietzsche's perspectival approach to truth and illusion and Marx's investigation of ideology and its relation to political critique and class struggle. At stake is the possibility of undertaking critique and struggle absent secure or stable epistemological foundations. Walking the tightrope between Marx's analyses of ideology and class struggle and Nietzsche's critiques of attempts to ground and authoritatively justify universal claims to truth and falsity, this essay considers the character of political critiques and practices aimed at the realization of desires for material well-being and the cultivation of human freedom. Understanding Marx's and Nietzsche's epistemological projects in relation to one another compels fresh conceptualizations of the character and scope of emancipatory political projects

Class conflict · Epistemology · Falsity · Ideology · Illusion · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism

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